Too Much Fun

Okay, okay. Favorite moment of the day: my friends and I were in our Spanish class and the teacher asked, "¿Cuando vamos al mercado?" ("When do you go to the market?"), to which my friend replied "¡El huevos!" - which was hilarious to me because she just told him "Eggs!" instead of "Thursday!" Oh man. :)

Every day I work with the kids, I feel the Spirit. It is the best feeling. It reminds me of when I went to the Oquirrh Mountain open house; the Spirit was so sweet there. And it is the exact same here. It comes in little waves, and I love it!

Best shift ever yesterday! I was working with the babies again (my favorites). There is one little stinkpot who says "No!" every time he sees me. So I decided that every time he did I would respond with "Te amo!" and a hug and a kiss. It was a beautiful thing. :) My reward: when I was leaving shift, I asked him for a hug when he was in his crib, and he ran and hugged me through the bars! That made my entire day. :)

Sweet Mother of Pearl

Holy cow. These kids teach me so much without even knowing it! We went back up to the daycare in the mountains a few days ago, and man, oh man! The view was amazing. Some day I will post pictures. :) I learned a super important lesson from one of the kids. I just decided to grab him and sit him on my lap, and I realized that he loved it! It was such an eye opener to me of something I wish I had learned long ago: we do not have to wait until others love us to love them. I felt so much more connected to the kids after that, and I think they felt it too, because they were climbing all over me! Later that day I got to work a shift with los bebés pequeñitos, and wow. They need to feel a sense of security at this young stage in their lives, and it was beautiful to just sit and hold them for a while. I just kissed them all over and held them close and loved every second! I think God made babies soft and small and cute for a reason. haha

I am getting more settled in every day. I have been here for about two and a half weeks, and I love it! Rex Head, the director of OSSO, came here yesterday. Mama sent a package with him! I was SO happy. And I´m not even a missionary! Yet. haha

The Spirit

I love this gospel. I love the feelings I get when I feel the sweet spirit of the Church. It is true. And it is great to have internet connection and be able to watch CES firesides even in Ecuador! Watch Elder L. Tom Perry´s talk. Actually, watch all of them!

Por Favor

Okay, today was awesome! We went up into the countryside and played with mixed corn starch and water for an hour with some kids! It was the most beautiful countryside ever! I seriously did not believe that it is real life. I am so lucky!